Thursday, 12 March 2015

Testing ‘Moon draws Sun/Earth draws Moon’

On the morning of Friday the
20th of March 2015, a total solar eclipse will darken the skies of
northern Scotland.

To celebrate this celestial
event, David Faithfull has created ‘Moon draws Sun/Earth draws Moon’ in
collaboration with Dr Hermine Schnetler, Dr William Taylor and Will Cochrane
from the UKATC.

Coinciding with the actual
eclipse at 9.45am on the morning of the 20th of March, a kinetic
model of the orbiting moon and earth sun will be projected onto the side of
Castle Mill Works. The model comprises a 3D printed rendering of the moon
coated with powdered moon rock or anorthocite. This white feldspar is
responsible for the moon’s pale colouration against the black basalt of its
craters. Rare on earth this mineral has been sourced from a remote location in
Scotland.